Basic fighter maneuvers
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title:
Basic fighter maneuvers
text:
Basic fighter maneuvers (BFM) are tactical movements performed by fighter aircraft during air combat maneuvering, to gain a positional advantage over the opponent. BFM combines the fundamentals of aerodynamic flight and the geometry of pursuit, with the physics of managing the aircraft's energy-to-mass ratio, called its specific energy. Maneuvers are used to gain a better angular position in relation to the opponent. They can be offensive, to help an attacker gain an advantage on an enemy; or de
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Aircraft movements during air combat
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_fighter_maneuvers
date created:
2005-08-04T07:34:44Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T14:32:02Z
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